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US faith in private credit undimmed despite ‘cockroach’ warning: Longo

ASIC chairman Joe Longo is in Washington DC and New York this week, discussing private credit and a dearth of IPOs with regulators and Wall Street...

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Jonathan Shapiro

Chalmers’ super tax 2.0 shows he hasn’t learnt his lesson

Rather than stopping his spending spree or growing the economic pie, the treasurer continues to reach for higher taxes, more debt, and bigger...

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Ted O&x27Brien

NSW workers’ compensation reforms must walk unhappy tightrope

If reform focuses only on tightening access and raising thresholds, we’ll treat the symptom, not the cause.

yesterday 1

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Clare Rowe

Macquarie’s data centre mega-exit timed to perfection

The Aligned Data Centers deal was fortuitous, coming while the group’s ability to recycle assets and pull off big sales was increasingly being...

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Joyce Moullakis

‘Jobless growth’ may be the new normal for RBA

A jump in the unemployment rate to 4.5 per cent puts a rate cut in play, but the Reserve Bank will wait for crucial inflation data before making a...

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John Kehoe

‘Victorianisation’ of Australian economy threatens future prosperity

If treasurers continue to mortgage tomorrow for today’s projects, they risk being priced out of the future altogether.

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The Afr View

The Liberals’ salvation starts with a return to basic principles

Regaining its reputation for lower taxes and smaller deficits won’t be easy as it will require telling a population which has lost its fear of debt...

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Phillip Coorey

Why Washington will always lose against wily China

Trump’s latest piece of brinkmanship with China is likely to result in another climbdown.

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Edward Luce

Israel fought to defeat an existential threat (and an existential lie)

The lie is that Israel is a settler-colonialist state, a nonnative invasive species that has no place in that land.

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Bret Stephens

China’s rare earths gambit exposes Trump’s weak spots

Whatever one thinks of Beijing, Xi has set clear policy objectives – to dominate high-tech industries and use them as leverage against the US – and...

previous day 10

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Richard Mcgregor

What the super tax and social media ban have in common

Past mistakes have shown us the longer governments stick with mistakes, the harder the politics becomes – as Jim Chalmers has learned and as Anika...

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Pru Goward

The treasurer who mistook the super tax cash grab for reform

Sure, tax reform is very politically difficult. But we shouldn’t gild the lily that Jim Chalmers’ original superannuation tax proposal was serious...

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John Kehoe

The social media ban could cure Gen Z’s brain rot

It’s a serious acknowledgement that society can no longer allow young people to use these platforms unchecked.

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The Afr View

Place your bets as share prices for rare earths players soar

Australian Strategic Materials was among ASX-listed miners enjoying a surging valuation this week. Chief executive Rowena Smith explains what...

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Jennifer Hewett

Why Jim Chalmers is unfazed by super tax defeat

The treasurer got knocked off his policy high horse, but he’s already back in the saddle claiming victory.

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Jennifer Hewett

This Nobel Prize winner just gave an extraordinary press conference

Philippe Aghion gave a rapid-fire tour de force on innovation, markets, and competition. On AI, he said past predictions of mass job destruction “...

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Richard Holden

Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize still unlikely despite ceasefire

A ceasefire and hostage release are cause for celebration. But big questions remain about the rest of the Trump plan.

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Gideon Rachman

A zombie economy could be America’s future

Japan kept interest rates low for decades, creating thousands of “walking dead” businesses. This is now the danger for the United States.

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Allison Schrager

Why Albanese’s stability could be his undoing

Anthony Albanese leads the most stable federal government in two decades by drawing a line on internal political drama. But stability can cause its...

tuesday 2

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Lidija Ivanovski

Why planning reform alone can’t solve the housing crisis

The real problem is the misallocation of housing created and reinforced by policies that entrench intergenerational wealth divides.

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Cathal Leslie

Only Trump could strongarm his way to peace in the Middle East

Trump has upended conventional foreign policy wisdom and the expectations of his critics who painted him as a bete noire in international relations.

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The Afr View

Did Chalmers just Trump the super sector?

Jim Chalmers “backflip” on super is nothing like it appears to be. The government just turned a zombie tax budget measure into $1.6 billion.

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Andrew Hobbs

MAGA muscle exposes weak point in rare earths opportunity

Anthony Albanese will talk co-operation on critical minerals with Donald Trump. But Australia is in a tough and competitive race to deliver.

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Jennifer Hewett

Why Hamas still holds Gaza hostage

Once the fighting in Gaza has concluded, it will be interesting to see how engaged with the Palestinian issue the government remains.

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Rodger Shanahan

Chalmers’ super tax backflip gives reform a second chance

Sensible tax reform, grounded in compromise and sound debate, paves the way for more reform.

13.10.2025 1

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Robert Breunig

Backflip on super tax is a welcome victory for common sense

It’s Labor’s opportunity to face the music on their own fiscal mismanagement and stop relying on tax-by-stealth cash grabs to plug holes in the...

13.10.2025 2

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The Afr View

The PM, not the Senate, drove the super backdown

Political fears ultimately forced Jim Chalmers to water down the super tax. It’s a lesson that when your own side tells you a policy is bad you...

13.10.2025 10

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Phillip Coorey

The revolution reshaping one of the world’s largest pension funds

A former Future Fund investor aims to rewrite the rules on how the California Public Employees Retirement System manages money. Others may be...

13.10.2025 10

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Jonathan Shapiro

Net zero carbon price and lower energy costs is possible in decades ahead

We can pay for lower electricity emissions without lowering our living standards – something that is now well and truly worth paying for.

13.10.2025 10

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Alison Reeve

Labor needs a strategy to say where minerals bailouts stop

A coherent framework should be developed for deciding which industries and assets are genuinely strategic and get government financial support, and...

13.10.2025 1

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Richard Holden

PM has his work cut out striking rare earths deal with Trump

Ideally the US develops a coordinated strategy with Australia to plug gaps in the global minerals supply chain instead of creating an end-to-end US...

13.10.2025 2

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Hayley Channer

Is it now or never for Albanese’s US critical minerals deal?

Compared to copper and aluminium smelter bailouts, there is a strong strategic case to overturn Australia’s traditional reliance on comparative...

12.10.2025 1

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The Afr View

Shield collapse is super’s $1.2b wake-up call

Why, after 35 years of reform, are financial services ‘entrepreneurs’ so easily able to get past investor protection laws policed by ASIC and APRA...

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Tony Boyd

Once hostages are returned, the hard part of Trump’s peace plan begins

Optimists cite what they see as key differences between the failed January ceasefire and today. While accurate, neither necessarily foreshadows...

12.10.2025 3

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John Bolton

Why Enoch Powell’s ghost is haunting politics in the UK and Australia

The Conservative English politician was gravely concerned about the effect of uncontrolled migration by people from different cultures.

12.10.2025 1

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Simon Heffer